Kit



Jan. 29, 1952 K C, HAVENS 2,583,532

KIT

Filed NOV. 22, 1947 2 S-IEETS-SHEET l /NvE/v roR ATE/7H C. HAVE/V5 Array/Vey Jan. 29, 1952 K, C, HAVENS 2,583,532

KIT

Filed NOV. 22, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 .I Il

if l s mmm /N VEN To@ Patented Jan. 29, 1.952

UNITED `s'rnrlas PAT-Em @gp-.FICE

Keith C. Havens, Robhinsdale, Minn.` Application November 22, 194.7,"1Serlal'No. 787,589

This invention .has relation to a kit devised to be especially useful to artists who paint.

`iin Aobject of 'the `invention is to .provide a kit of the kind herein presented which will be of novel and improved construction.

A further o'bect is :to provide la kit for artists who paint wherein will :be incorporated desirable and improved 4.features land characteristics of construction ynovel .both as individual entities of the Ykit and incombination with each other.

And a further object `is to provide a `kit of structure as hereinafter .set forth.

With the above objects in view. as well as others which will :appear as the rspeciiication `proceeds, the invention Ycomprises the construction, arrangement and combination of `parts as vnow to be fully described and as :hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the ydisclosure herein is merely illustra-tive and intended .in no way in a limiting sense, changes in details of construction and arrangementvof parts being permissible `as `long `as within the scope of the claims which follow.

In the `accompanying `drawings iiorming a partV of this specification.

1 .is `a perspective view of a kit made according tothe invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse `sectional view, taken on line 2-.2 inEig. 1;

Fig. 3 .is a perspective view `bf the `kit disclosing a slidably removable .cover thereof in partially removed position;

Fig. gris a perspective view of said kit as when itscoveris removed;

Fig. 5 lis a perspective viewof the kit as when elements thereof are being assembled to be made ready for use; and

Fig. 6 .is a perspective view of said kit as when set up for use,

Withrespect to the drawings and the numerals of reference thereon, II) denotes a generally .rectilinear case .of the kit constituted as `spaced apart, parallel .side walls ll, II, spaced apart, parallel end walls I2, I2 and a ybottom wall I3 perpendicular to `said side and end walls. All of the side, end and bottom walls of the case are rigidly connected at their meeting locations and bound or dene an interior space I4 accessible at the open, upper end I 5 of said case adapted to be closed by a slidably removable cover I6. In the disclosure as made, the .slidably removable cover is retained on the case by interengaged 'L-s'hape `strips on said case and cover, respectively. First L-shape strips, extending longitudinally of the side walls II, II, each in- 17 Claims. (Cl. :i12-231) y,

i clude `ann Il, rigidly secured, at i8., against the outer surface of laan upper marginal portion of `a `side wall nIfl. :.andxextending upwardly above the case, `and .anlarm I=9 extending vinteriorly `in spaced, :adjacent :relation to the upper edge of the corresponding side wall. Second :I.shape strips, .extending longitudinally of :the fslidably removable cover I5, :each include `an arm L20., rigidly secured within and :extendingdownwardiy below aside `marginal portion `,of .said slidably removable coven-.and :an .arm 2I extending exteriorly in spaced, adjacent relation .to the correspondingside marginal portion .and lal'lapted to be situated .between the I8 andthe upper edge .of the side 'wall lll at .the :corresponding side of said case. 'The .arms I3, J9, together with the upper edges ci the side walls ill, II, provide open ended Aguideways adapted tosnugly, .slidably and removably receive the .arms 2|, L21. y

The interior space I 4 is divided, by a longitudinally extending partition 22 into 1a relatively wide and faicomparatively narrow compartment. indicated` 23 and 124, respectively, which extend from yend to end of said interior space. The lower vend and the opposite sideedges of the partition 22 'are contiguous with the Ibottom wall I3 andthe end walls i2, ill, respectively, Aand the upper end of said partition 22 terminates in spaced rrelation to lthe open, upper end I5 of the caselILW The comparatively narrow compartment 24 is adapted to removably house a foldable working board 25 -which the `kit includes, and the relatively wide compartment 23 l'houses an entity 2S constituted as a combination paper or `parchment support yand a Vdrawer receiving container'.

The entity 26 includes spaced apart, parallel, longitudinally extending walls, denoted i'I and 28, respectively, which merge smoothly into an arc shape support 29 Vsituated adJ'acent to and inwardly of `the open, Aupper end I5 of the ycase |40 and disposed -in perpendicular relation to the .end walls I 2, I2 and in parallel relation to the bottom wall 113. The lower ends and 'the opposite side.

edges -of `the walls 21 and 28 are contiguous with the bottom wall I3 and theendv Walls I2, I2, re-

spectively, said wall 21 is in spaced, parallel relation to an adjacent side wall II, and said wall 28 is in spaced, parallel relation to the partition 22. The relatively wide compartment 23 is for removably containing uncreased sheets, `designated 30, of paper or parchment, as used `bv painters. with `mid-portions oi the sheets `rested upon the arc `shape support and iopposite end portions o! said `sheets situatdin the longitu-f" transverselyof theycase I9 with the walls `21 and l 28, and is Vbounded'or defined atitsopposite ends by surfaces, indicated 34, 34, of the bottom wall substantially alined in direction transversely of y t indicated 48, and a paper or parchment stretchsaid case with the end walls I2, I2.

The longitudinally extending walls 21 and 28, together with portions of the end walls I2, I2

4 instance when a smaller working board is ernployed, it can be supported upon removable inwardly extending lugs 41 in said upper end portions. The construction and arrangement will be such that said foldable working board can be supported on the desk to be disposed at different angles between substantially horizontal and vertical positions. When the adjustable supports are out of usethey are situated ask disclosed in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of-"vthe drawings.' f.

" The fldable working board 25" consists of a pair of hingedly connected, rectilinear slabs, each ing and clamping frame for each of the rectilibetween said walls 21 and 28, provide a'rectilinear drawer receiving container of the kit comprisedl as an interior space within the entity 26 contigunear slabs` is denoted A49. Each stretching and 'clamping frame 49 includes a base portion 59 hinged, toan outer side margin of a corresponding rectilinear slab, and inwardly extending leg ous with the rectilinear slot 3I and bounded by Y internal surfaces of the walls 21, I2, 28, I2.

f A rectilinear drawer 35 of the kit is of dimension? to .be'snug1y, slidably and removably itted4 into fthelrectilinear drawer receiving compartmentil Suitable 'and' convenient means for rev leasably retaining the'drawer 35 within the case is-`denoted68. f y

The'case- 'I'll 4is adapted to be 'supported upon a surface,lsuch as the ground or a'oor, with the exteriorxsurface' of-one of. its side walls facing upwardly and the: exteriorsurface of'its other side wall facing downwardly,v thus-to constitute a4desk ofthe kitwhen applied touse.l r v sTheside. wall of said case the exterior surface of-"Which'faces downwardly Hwhen. the case is functioning as a'desk includes spaced apart open- .36,=..o'ne at each corner of said mentioned side` walllas, disclosed, forremovably receiving subpor'tingflegs 31`for the desk. Feet on the lower ends Tof .the supporting legs 31 are denoted 1 The .bottomf wail la `or the'case Inv mondes tioning as a desk fori oscillatable movement in a4 verticalplane. In the disclosure as made, the hooks 139 are situated forwardly of the desk which the case provides. Supporting entities, suchas the hooks ,-39, for-the Vfoldable working board could, however, be situated `in an end wall- I2.

-Adjustable supports for the-bodyof said foldable workingv board 25 are` constituted as elongated elements 4I having intermediate 'portions thereof secured, as Aat 42, to intermediate'por-l tions of upper parts of the end walls I2,` I2 adjacentrexterior surfaces of said; end Walls,lower end portions 43 adapted to extend downwardly and forwardly andupper end portionsy 4,4. adapted to .extendupwardly and rearwardly ofthe case when functioning as a desk., The lower ends of the'lower end `portions ,43 kSu} :pori'.inwardly ex tending studs LIl, 5 4 adapted to be, lselectively insertedinto circumferentially lspaced perforations 46 Ain,th'e endzwalls ,I ,2,I2, and the upperend portions 44, as in'FigfGof the drawings. InmanV Vportions 5I, 5I adapted to be engaged down against opposite end margins of said corresponding rectilinear slab; The overall length of each legrportio'n 5I is such that theinner ends of leg portions of .the differentstret'ching andclamping frames will be substantiallyalined with the meet-ff ing edges of the rectilinear slabs 48 when theseV are-alined and engaged by the stretching and clamping frames.

taining equipment. In the Vdisclosed embodiment.

of the invention, one compartment of said drawer contains avessel 53 and :a pan 54 for water.l Other compartments of..fthe,drawer 35 canconfA pencils, pens,

tain the supporting legs 31,'brus'h`es, a folding chair and accessories.Vv

` A palette 55 of the kit, removablysituated the drawer 35, is of flat, rectilinear configurar' tion and includes Yop'positely disposed, upwardly extending side and endihwalls,.represented,5i,`

56 and 51 57, redimir/ely.` :The palette .suis Sudably Supported 119011 upper surfaces "of up-` 7l standing WallsY of saidv drawer with its opposite sides' in adjacent' relation-to longitudinally ex.;Y

tending, front and rear members ofthe drawer.

and one of its/ends in adajacent relation-to Va Y transversely :extending partition58 ofthe drawer cooperating in defining the compartment having the vessel 53 and the pan 54. The end wall ofthe drawer 35l opposite the transversely extending" partition 58- iscut away to provide an I upper surface 59, in the plane of the upper` surfaces of"` the upstanding walls-upon which the palettfis slidably supported, upon which said palette" is rested'in such-manner as to be capable 'of sliding movement to uncovered condition of compartmentsof vsaid drawer beneath the palette. The' construction and arrangement are provision for'.

slidable'-movement of-said palette whilev mained orjdened at their'rearward and. forward ends by spacedJ apart, longitudinally and upwardly'ex-fv tending rear and front walls, denoted -62and 63, respectivelmof the holde'il, and at their oppo-J" Clamps 52, adapted toQbe removably situated on opposite end, `portions of meeting 'edges of said rectilinear slabs 48,Y andV 5. site vsides by 4spaced apart-transversely `and up'- wardly extending walls 64 of .-saidfholder. L .A flange I55",` on the upper edge of the rear wall 62 and overhanging the concavities BI, functions to retain pigmentsi-i-n;v said concavities when the case I0, is in Vupright position. j j r An adjustable carrying strap Vfor vthe `kit is designated S6. Opposite ends ofsaid carrying strap are secured, as at "El, to end Vportions of the end` walls I2, I2 adjacent to the slidably removable-cover 1,6 `in such. Imanner thatA the carrying strap can be accessible at location above the `case.- i i w -What is `claimed is: i l

'1. In a kit, a rectilinear case including spaced apart,oppositely-disposed side and'end walls and a `bottom wall and adapted to lberested upon'a support with the exterior surfaceof one of` its sidewalls facing upwardly and the exteriores-urface of its other side wall facing downwardly thus to constitute a desk, spaced apart supporting legs for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to be detachably assembled with the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces downwardly, a working board for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to be situated above the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces upwardly, means for removably, adjustably supporting said working board on said case, and a drawer for equipment situated in the case and slidably removable therefrom at the location of said bottom wall, said case including an open, upper end, and a slidably removable cover for closing said open, upper end.

2. In a kit, a rectilinear case including an open, upper end, spaced apart, oppositely disposed side and end walls and a bottom wall and adapted to be rested upon a support with the exterior surface of one of its side vwalls facing upwardly and the exterior surface of its. other side wall f facing downwardly thus to constitute a desk, spaced apart supporting legs for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to be detachably assembled with the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces downwardly, a working board for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to be situated above the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces upwardly, means for removably, adjustably supporting said working board on said case, an entity in said case providing a paper support adjacent the open, upper end of the case and a drawer receiving container contiguous with said bottom wall, and a drawer for equipment situated in said drawer receiving container and slidably movable therefrom through a rectilinear opening in said bottom wall.

3. The combination as specified in claim 2, and a slidably removable cover for closing said open, upper end.

4. The combination as specified in claim 2 wherein said paper support is of curvilinear configuration.

5. The combination as specified in claim 2, and a partition in said case providing a compartment adjacent said paper support and contiguous with said open, upper end.

6. In a kit, a rectilinear case including an open, upper end, spaced apart, oppositely disposed side and end walls and a bottom wall and adapted to be rested upon a support with the exterior surface of one of its side walls facing upwardly and the exterior surface of its other side wall facing downwardly thus to constitute a desk, spaced `apart supporting legs for the case when consti- 6F tuted 4as a ydesk adapted :to-be: detachably: assembled lwith the side wall of said case theexterior surface. :of `which faces d0wnward1y,-an entity inthe case `providing a paper vsupport adjacent theopen, `upperend of the `case and a drawer receiving container contiguous with `said bottom wall, and a drawer `for equipmentsituated in :said `drawer Areceiving .container `and slidably removable therefrom `through a rectilinear opening insaid :bottom wall.

17. In a kit, a rectilinear :case including jan open, upper end, spaced apart, oppositely disposed sideandlend walls and abottom wall yand adapted to be rested upon a supportvwith the exterior surface of one of its side walls facing upwardly and the `exterior surface lof its other side wall facing downwardly thus toconstitu-te a desk, spaced apart supporting legs for the Vcase when constituted as a :desk adapted to be `detachably assembled `with the side wall yof fsaid case the exterior surface of which faces downwardly, an entity in said case including spaced apart, longitudinally extending walls and a curvilinear member rigid with said longitudinally extending walls adjacent said open, upper end, the longitudinally extending walls providing a drawer receiving container contiguous with said .bottom wall and said longitudinally extending walls and curvilinear member together providing a paper support, and a drawer for equipment situated in said drawer receiving container and slidably removable therefrom through a rectilinear opening in said bottom wall.

8. In a kit, an equipment receiving case including an open, upper end and spaced apart, oppositely disposed side walls and adapted to be rested upon a support with the exterior surface of one of its side walls facing upwardly and the exterior surface of its other side wall facing downwardly thus to constitute a desk, spaced apart supporting legs for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to be detachably assembled with the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces downwardly, and a removable cover for closing said open, upper end of the case.

9. The combination as specified in claim 8, and a paper support in said case accessible at said open, upper end.

10. The combination as specified in claim 1, and a paper support in said case accessible at said open, upper end.

1l. I'he combination as specified in claim 1, and a curvilinear paper support in said case adjacent said slidably removable cover.

12. The combination as specified in claim 8, and a curvilinear paper support in said case adjacent said removable cover.

13. In a kit, an equipment receiving case including spaced apart, oppositely disposed side and end walls and adapted to be rested upon a support with the exterior surface of one of its side walls facing upwardly thus to constitute a desk, a working board for the case adapted to be situated above the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces upwardly, hooks on said case and hangers on said working board for detachably, oscillatably securing the working board to the case, and elongated elements adjustably supported upon said end walls and including supporting elements for said working board.

14. In a kit, a case including an open, upper end, spaced apart, oppositely disposed side and end walls and a bottom wall and adapted to be rested ,upon 'a` support with the exterior surface of one of its side wallsfacing upwardly and the exterior. surface of its other sidewall facing downwardly thus tol constitute a desk, spaced apart supporting legs for the case when constituted as a desk adapted to .be detachably assembled with the side wall of said case the exterior surface of which faces downwardly, and an entity in said case providing a paper support adjacent the open, upper end of the case and a drawer receiving container with said bottom wall.

15.y The combination as specified in claim 14, and a removable cover for said open, upper end of the case.

.16. The combination as specified in claim 14 wherein said paper support is of curvilinear conguration. Y

17. The combination as specified in claim 14 wherein said paper support is of curvilinear configuration, and a. removable cover for said'open; upper end of the case. Y n

KEITH C. HAVENS.

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